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Allen Hatcher
Cornell University
MR ID: 82385
Reference #
OMN:201701.110676

Attributes

Posted date
2017-01-30 11:15:51
Revised date
2023-02-09 13:42:06
Level
   Undergraduate
Notes type
   Standard Course Offering
Topic
   Number Theory
      Elementary Number Theory

Topology of Numbers

Notes for an undergraduate course in elementary number theory. The viewpoint is more geometric than usual for such a course (hence the title). The central topic is binary quadratic forms via the associated Conway topographs.

This title has been published as a finished book and is available at https://bookstore.ams.org/view?ProductCode=MBK/145.